The gentleman interviewed at 5:14 is Rob Orchard. He was one of the mechanics on the set of Mad Max and later went on to be an accomplished aeronautical engineer. I had the honour of working with him a few years back. He told some fantastic stories about working on the set of Mad Max. But etched in my mind are the stories that he told about those bikes. They were shared amongst everyone on set. The cast and crew were at their own discretion to do with them as they pleased, when they pleased. They road them home at night, they took them home on the weekends and they thrashed them to within an inch of their lives. Apparently, they'd send a bike home on Friday afternoon with a new rear tyre and it would be back on set on Monday, needing a new rear tyre. And that didn't happen just once. He reckoned that nearly all of the bikes were crashed not just once, but several times. He claimed that it was a miracle that nobody was killed or seriously injured. According to Rob, by the time Kawasaki got the bikes back, most were held together by gaffer tape and fencing wire. Every bike bar a couple had a number of significant faults when they were returned. Bent forks, twisted chassis, broken this that and the other thing. Some were total write offs. And Kawasaki Australia weren't happy at all. They offered to sell the bikes to the producers at a huge discount, but nobody wanted them. Kawasaki were threatening legal action against them to recoup their losses and then the film was released. At that point, Kawasaki's demands for compensation suddenly came to an end. Nice bloke, Rob. I wish him well.

当時日本で流行ってたヤジマカウルより尖ったカウルで、今でも好きですね。

この映画においてはバイクは勿論クルマも同様に、今後もこの地球上で半永久的に語られ続けられるのではないか？と思うほどの存在感なんですが、やはりそれはそれらのマシンを操る各登場人物達も何ら同じレベルでスクリーン内において圧倒的な存在感を放っていたからなんですよね。

This was the Best Mad Max movie, of all!! I'm a HUGE fan of the first trilogy and especially the 1979 Mad Max!!

I am lucky to have a KZ 1000 1977 and KZ 1000 1978!

Movie has done more for Kawasaki than any marketing they did

マッドマックス(1979)の中でアウトライダーズが駆るKAWASAKIのバイク達は今までの西洋の映画史の中で最も凶暴で最も魅力的な日本人のヴィランだと思う

The fairings are and always will be awesome!

My first fascination with motorcycles 😊

RIP “Toecutter” Hugh Keays-Byrne (18 May 1947 - 1 December 2020.

Those bikes were cool. I ended up owning a 79 Z1000 during the early 90's. I bought the bike cause of that movie,lol.

Ive had z1A, z1b , z1000a , z1000 , z1R and currently a z1000a toecutters bike, i love em

Did more for Kawasaki sales then any of the official sales adverts

Those bikes were fabulous and helped make that Fantastic movie ...Those first three movies were Great!

Right after I saw this movie first thing I tried was “ Mad Max Turn”. Me and my friends we all tried to do it, after few times of laying bike down on the pavement, I finally got it right and that made me very proud. Mad Max Turn was coolest things to do, I was 18 years old what else would you do…

マッドマックスのバイクといえば、グースのMFPのZ1000が注目されますが、ババのZ1000のカスタムもカッコよかったですね🎵

What a great interview , thank you .

Thanks for this fascinating video . Nobody is a bigger fan of mad Max than me , they are all cinematic perfection and I adore watching them over and over from my vast film collection. We are so lucky these films exist 😁😁😁

I love it! Best wishes from the Belfast Castlereagh hills of Northern Ireland.

カワサキのバイクの中にCB750が確か居た筈👀

The entire reason I chose my z900rs café, was because of this movie. I still want a frame mounted cowl that really sits out front over the front end.

Beautiful machines

Always appreciated the riding skills of those men. Today's riders probably would get beat to death on those old stiff bikes we rode back then especially trying to put some interstate miles on 😂

The bikes were so cool .

I still ride my 70s Z w/ kerker pipe. Love the old kawas, the old 2valve air cooled sound raw and great

This movie and judas priest , changed my life , forever !!

Thank you, I always thought the bikes were from the movie Stone !

Could imagine buying those ten bikes and what they be wroth today !

I'd love to build the buba zenetti Z1000 paint is just so cool and diffrent

I recently bought a 79 CB650 because it has a fairing and sounds like the bikes in the film 😂

Awesome! 🏍️ 💨

much love mate keep on

Nice upload 🏍💨👍🏻

Kawasaki all day 💀😎

Speed is just a question of money - how fast do you want to go?

I bought a z900 back in 84 when Mad Max was building up a cult following

cool

I wonder if any of those bikes exist today. Haven't seen any stories they did. I'm sure someone out there knows.

Wow ..Great movie .wounder how much the bikes worth now ..a normal Immaculate Z9...Z1..is worth about £20-£30 grand ..(thousands)..😊😊 I would buy it ..if I had the money .😊

To short, rode a Z1 with the small fairing with view to buy, keep my suzuki

after I saw this movie i bought an old UJM and have been dogging it out for 20 years.

Apologies, I was thinking of Stone.

🏍👍👍👍

The bikes were well cool. Recognised most of them by their engines. Virtually every rat bike came from this movie.

Mad max bikes made a biker.I still am 45 years later. Now correct me if I am wrong but there was a cb 750 Honda in the lineup collecting toecutters coffin off the train?

The mad Max bikes were 900cc Z1Bs not Z1000s.

The girl on the first pic with Clunk was in Prisoner Cell block H. Cracking legs, if I remember rightly. Pete 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

La Kawasaki z 1000 di mad max la vedo più attraente di un Harley Davidson dipende dai gusti

Who knew nosforatu was a biker?

Where are the bikes now? Wondering who are current or past individual owners...

There was also a Honda cb1000

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マッドマックスが日本で人気が出たのは、KAWASAKIのバイクが一役買ってるのかな？

What about the hondas cbs ?

Biggest fun fact ist that is STILL the ultimate Bikers fav Movie...but the bikers are really bad...rapists, violence, child murderer, dog murderer...and the hero is a Police Officer in a CAR.

I was greatly influenced by Mad Max. After all, I lost one arm, www

もしかして、トゥーカッターギャングスやジムグースのカワサキって、何処かに存在する？ 残骸でもパーツだけでも？

もしかしてジョニーとババとマッドガッツかな？

新車だったとは驚いた。劇中では新車とは思えんぐらい汚れ杉(･ω･`)

MUSIC BY BRYAN MAY AND KZ KAWASAKI: BETTER IS IMPOSSIBILE !!!! WWWAHHHUUU ... 👊👊👊😡

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